they're also going to consider affirmative action in higher education admissions. it seems as if, david nakamura, this court may be going out of its way to make sure that the court itself has a chapter in constitutional law books. >> absolutely. it's a historic time. especially on some of the social and racial issues. and that's a big step for them. you know, it's interesting. i remember the president warning at times about an activist court. he doesn't want to see them overstep their bounds. but i think as noam sort of mentioned, these issues are going to push the president to come out. he did so. we'll see how the administration tries to take that and sort of approach that, because we saw even last spring they sort of fumbled it when vice president got out in front of the president. and was that design or was that a mistake, a gaffe. i think as we get to that time when the court is going to take this up in the summer, you know, we'll see how they approach it. but i think they're going to have to have a strategy. >> noam scheiber, david nakamura. thanks for your t